St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-15
And Will Endure Wrongs Qui-
city Until the Tory Gov
ernment Collapses.
General Boulanger's Arrest
Caused by His Attitude Of
Impertinenee. d
Prince Fepdinand'S Weak Grip
on the Rulership Of the
Bulgarians.
BY Cable to the Globe.

of the Irish National league assert that
the governments attempt to totally
quash the proceedings and verdict OF the
Mitchelstown inquest and its proposal
also to abandon the proceedings against
Mr.. O'Brien, rendering his appeal un-
necessary, are measures taken with a
view to redeem the errors of the govern
ment officials and police in Ireland, and
in the hope that they will possibly Off
set in some degree the effects of Mr..
GladStOne'S peech at the coming Lib
eral caucus at Nottingham. Whether
such sOftening of the public temper
can be accomplished by bids so palpably
disclosing their object, and so ridicu-
lously cheap and indicative of the min-
istry's low estimate of the peoples sense
of penetration is very doubtful, but such
tactics, employed with perfect conf
dence of their successful result, appears
to be quite in keeping with the govern
ment's prevailing methods. No matter
what the government may now do to
mitigate or explain away its recent acts
III Ireland, it is plainly
ON THE DEFENSIVE
and nothing short of most outrageous
and unprOvOked attack by the Irish peO-
pie upon the recognized law authorities
can turn public opinion i'm favor OF the
latter and transfer to the side of the po-
lice the advantage of justification. That
nothing of that kind shall occur the ma
tional leaders will take great care. The
government is now in the dock, and the
league occupies the witness stand, and
as long as these relative positions ca n
be maintained no amount of explana-
ton or cheap concession prOtfered as an
afterthought with the object of hood
winking the Irish will avail the govern
ing power. The coercion law must be
enforced with the utmost fairness OF not
at all. 1t has not been enforced with
any regard whatsoever to its literal
meaning and manifest intent, and the
government cannot at this late day ig-
more the precedents it has established,
confess its having been in error in its
Interpretation of the act and conduct it's
campaign against the league on new
lines without bringing upon itself an
overwhelming wave of, qualification
and openly admitting its total incOmpe-
tency. The multiplying effect that any
act OF the government can have upon
the utteranceS of Mr.. Gladstone at Not
tingham will be small indeed.
THE FRENCH SCANDAL.
The story that Gen. BOulanger has re-
signed his military command at Cler-
mont is doubted here. His resignation
at this time would be tantamount to
confession of guiltin connection with the
Caffarel affair, and his criminal ar
rest would OF course Immediately follow.
His suspension and technical arrest for
period of thirty days was the result of
his OutspOken accusation against the
minister of war of having attacked him
thrnnUh Cen Caffor ral tla Af1,a
decoration conSpiratOrs, and his subse-
quent insolence to Gen. FerrOn when
asked to explain his language, and not
for completely in the war Office scandal.
His frank speech exceeded the limits of
military discipline and the minister of
war was compelled to resent it
PRINCE ALEXANDER
of Battenberg. late OF Bulgaria, arrived
at BalmOral tonight. and this circum-
stance, coupled with the earlp return of
Lord Salisbury, suggests the probability
that an effort is to be made in favor of
Prince Ferdinand'S retention on the
Bulgarian throne. 1t is notorious
fact that the recent elections in Bulgaria
were manipulated by parties working
in the interest of Prince Ferdinand and
nobody acquainted with the circum-
stances believe that the slightest ele-
ment of fairness entered into the con-
test, II 1t may be called such. Ii the
late sObranje was illegal, and on this
point no doubt exists in the mind of
any one, the newly elected body is
surely incompetent and will doubtless
be prevented from exercising the
functions of a recognized legislative
assembly. Unless the new triple alli-
ance shall come to the rescue the
European powers are very likely to
desert Bulgaria, and the moment the
principalIty is abandoned to its fate,
that destiny will come in the shape of
Russian army and a Russian govern
ment. To-days movement of
UNEMPLOYED WORKINGNfEN
was an ultra-sentimental affair and
achieved a quasi-Success, due entirely
to the leniency of the police. The dis
position on the part of the latter to per-
nit the crowd to make the most of their
demonstration without Oyerstepping the
dividing line between noise and vio-
lence was, however. mistaken by the
mob for fear, and the police finally be-
coming impatient, dispersed the gather
ing in front of the Standard Office in less
than four minutes. The fact that the
injuries sustained by the crowd were
very few and comparatively slight is
evidence that the resistance of the mob
was weak, and that they were not
nearly so defiant of the authority of the
police as they pretended to be.